*breathes deeply*
I am still laughing about some of the things that were said and done in Del Mar. So... let me set the stage. I *finally* got to meet Liz (Dressage10135) in person - she is super cool, by the way. We decided to meet up at the Del Mar National Horse Show so we could enjoy horses and cameras and the beautiful weather.
Anyways, I'll let the photos (and short stories) do the talking.

Big Giant Rollkur Horses
What, praytell, is more impressive in front of a show venue than matching 30' tall rollkur statues? Neck bowed? Check! Open gaping mouth? Check!
Liz and I got a bit bored waiting for our ride to show up, and we almost got torn new ones for playing with the statues, but oh well!http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...398_313761.jpg

Allie: Hm. You know what would be funny? Getting a picture with my head in the horse's front leg. Nah, that would be stupid, my head would get stuck.
Liz: I'll do it! I won't get stuck!
Allie: ....
Liz: Allie... help.. I'm stuck.
Allie: *click*click*click*http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...398_313761.jpg

Our big adventure of the day... asking some Navy men to stand next to us for photos. I was shaking like a leaf walking up to these guys to ask them for a photo, but I got 'er done! Apparently I had reason to be afraid.... erm... I guess they're fairly high ranking. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...398_313761.jpg

After that encounter, walking up to a group of 6 of them to ask for Liz was a ... no, I'm lying, it was still terrifying!! Another group of high-up men, who look darn pleased with themselves to be standing beside Liz!http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...398_313761.jpg

....to be continued.

Dressage10135

05-11-2010 02:53 AM

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I must admit, Allie was pretty awesome to hang out with :wink: However, she did forget to add a picture in the "Rolkur Horse" section.

This would be Allie groaning because she couldn't sit down after standing on her feet all day :lol:

JustDressageIt

05-11-2010 02:55 AM

Oh man... I can almost feel my back snapping in that photo.

Musta deleted it from my collection ;)

Dressage10135

05-11-2010 02:55 AM

Hmmm.. I think you are confusing that back pain to when you pulled it after putting a shoe on ;)

JustDressageIt

05-11-2010 03:04 AM

The Beach

So we thought it would be really *fun* to go out and get "sunset" (it was overcast) pictures during high tide.
I got some pretty nice (if I do say so myself!) photos of Liz, then we traded positions.

Allie and Liz glad you had such a great time but I am telling you that right now I hate you guys for making me so so jealous its just not fair :( but in all seriousness glad you guys got to finally meet and I hope to meet you guys one day too :D So looks like you had a fun time together :D